YUP im hooked!!

the world building is so good and i already love how strong the fmc is. you already know she’s gonna be such a strong and smart character (what a good change of pace LOL) and it’s giving TRUE enemies to lovers

But an idiot Heir was still an Heir

LOL she’s so real

i’ve been really excited to pick up this book and now that i’ve started, i’m struggling to get into it completely. the world building and introductory almost feels clunky? i get were in 1st pov and our main character doesn’t want to/isn’t ready to be fully forthright with details BUT it’s coming at the expense of being lost. we’re thrown some terms for this world with little to no definitions, and it’s making it hard to fully contextualize the world we’re in 😕

(a google search had to tell me the Alcalah is a competition of sorts for this story before the story has yet to fully explain it, for example…)

i know it’s a debut so maybe a result of that? i feel like ive heard such good things across the board about this story so im hoping it improves…

“ Felix is incompetent, cowardly, and thinks the lower villages are full of brutes. I would hesitate to leave him in charge of boiling water.” oh felix i wouldn’t take that😭😭

I was going to start another book, however I remembered I need to return this book to the library tomorrow. Wish me good luck reading these 650+ pages in less than one day🤭🫠

Have you ever seen a pet name being used in a book and IMMEDIATELY gotten the ick?

The FMC in my book just called her husband sweetheart… he’s over 50. I DONT LIKE IT😭